Encrypt an encrypted file - Ansible Vault

Question

I need to encrypt a file only if it is already encrypted. Can add this as a task in my playbook?

Answer 1

Hey @Fez,

This is one of the way of doing this:

- local_action: shell
    head -1 {{ file }} | grep -v -q \$ANSIBLE_VAULT && ansible-vault encrypt {{ file }}

You'll also need --vault-password-file otherwise Ansible will stop processing and wait on prompt.